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5.4.15.4.1
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5.4.1
Installing hard disksInstalling hard disks
Installing hard disksInstalling hard disks
Installing hard disks
The motherboard supports Ultra DMA 100/66 and Serial ATA hard disk
drives. For optimal performance, install identical drives of the same model
and capacity when creating a disk array.
Installing Serial ATA (SATA) hard disksInstalling Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks
Installing Serial ATA (SATA) hard disksInstalling Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks
Installing Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks
To install the SATA hard disks for a RAID configuration:
1. Install the SATA hard disks into the drive bays.
2. Connect the SATA signal cables.
3. Connect a SATA power cable to the power connector on each drive.
If you want to boot the system from a hard disk drive included in a RAID
set, copy first the RAID driver from the support CD to a floppy disk
before you install an operating system to a selected hard disk drive.
Refer to section “5.6 Creating a RAID driver disk” for details.
Refer to the RAID controllers user manual in the motherboard support
CD for detailed information on RAID configurations. See section “5.2.4
Manuals menu.”
5.4 RAID configurations
The Intel
®
ICH7-M (DH) Southbridge features an onboard RAID controller
that allow you to configure Serial ATA hard disk drives as RAID sets. The
motherboard supports the following RAID configurations.
RAID 0RAID 0
RAID 0RAID 0
RAID 0
(Data striping)
optimizes two identical hard disk drives to read and
write data in parallel, interleaved stacks. Two hard disks perform the same
work as a single drive but at a sustained data transfer rate, double that of
a single disk alone, thus improving data access and storage. Use of two
new identical hard disk drives is required for this setup.
RAID 1RAID 1
RAID 1RAID 1
RAID 1
(Data mirroring)
copies and maintains an identical image of data
from one drive to a second drive. If one drive fails, the disk array
management software directs all applications to the surviving drive as it
contains a complete copy of the data in the other drive. This RAID
configuration provides data protection and increases fault tolerance to the
entire system. Use two new drives or use an existing drive and a new drive
for this setup. The new drive must be of the same size or larger than the
existing drive.
RAID 0+1RAID 0+1
RAID 0+1RAID 0+1
RAID 0+1 is
data striping
and
data mirroring
combined without parity
(redundancy data) having to be calculated and written. With the RAID 0+1
configuration you get all the benefits of both RAID 0 and RAID 1
configurations. Use four new hard disk drives or use an existing drive and
three new drives for this setup.